2nd hard drive

[EssieP]

I've bought a 120GB hard drive to replace my second (10GB) where I can dual
boot into Win98. I use that for old versions of Office like the setup at
work.
I'd like to partition the new drive but since my 2nd HD is drive D, & The
main drive (40GB) is divided up 4 ways (C, E, F, G).
Will there be a problem with accessing applications that are installed in F,
are the drive letters changed when I add the new divided drive ?
Currently:
C is FAT 50MB for bootup
D is 2nd physical drive FAT32 for Win98
E is Windows 2000 location 10GB NTFS
F is NTFS for My Documents (moved from E)
G NTFS various apps for Win2k including some games
H is FAT32 used for video editing/swap files
E, F, G, H are extended partitions on the same HD as C.

Ideally, I'd like D to be the new drive with some partitions called I, J , K
& L. Of course this 10 GB will have to go - my Dad can have it.
Is there an easy way to do this.
Any ideas?

 

[Kevin McNiel [MSFT]]

Make sure you know which drive letters are assigned to each partition,
replace the D drive, and then if the drive letters do change, you should be
able to change them back in Disk Management. Read through Knowledge Base
article 323967 HOW TO: Manage Drives and Partitions in Windows 2000
(http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323967) for an overview of how Windows
handles drive lettering.

Kevin McNiel, MCSE/MCSA
Platform Server Setup Group

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[EssieP]

OK I think I got it. I wrote it all down in my book, as well as the sizes of
the partitions & what they are for.
When I put in the drive, I unplugged the boot drive (just in case I go
partitioning the wrong one) replugged it all the fired it up.
This time windows automatically assigned the drive letters & got it all
right, : how pleased am I !!?
This really makes up for the times when the computer deliberately tries to
annoy me !!
;-)

thanks
that article was most reassuring.